Meiji Seika and Dow AgroSciences sign agreement on new fungicide

摘要

Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma Co said it signed an agreement with Dow Agro-Sciences to co-develop and commercialise a new fungicide within a new class of chemistry. Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences and Meiji will co-develop and sell the compound for agricultural use in the companies' respective marketing territories. The Meiji territory includes Japan, South Korea and some other Asian countries, while Dow AgroSciences' will market the product in every other region around the world. Further details of the agreement were not disclosed.